How to Use purvey in a Sentence

purvey

verb
  • This is not the first time that Musk has purveyed antisemitism on X.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There seems to be no shame among those who continue to purvey the election lie -- even at the risk of court punishment.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021
  • But those novels did not purvey, and in some sense could have no space for, intellectual discourse.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
  • After the wall fell in 1989, most of them stayed and many began new careers purveying the foods of their homelands.
    — Michelle Hackman and Georgia Wells, WSJ, 28 June 2019
  • The fact is, the antidote to the depressing true stories purveyed by the news is the joyful abundance of thriving nature all around us.
    — Bruce Beehler, The Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2019
  • In a nod to the fishmonger days, seafood will be purveyed, along with meats, cheese and produce, on the first two floors, which will be connected by an escalator.
    — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • In the first movement, the piano purveyed rippling arpeggios, a Glassian trademark, while the strings worked through melodic figures.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2018
  • Red Hog is a butcher shop that also purveys terrific sandwiches, soups and charcuterie.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Butler was so right about Miami (and this column was wrong); there’s a special culture in play, and this roster purveys the evidence.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • The Waxwing — which used to have a brick-and-mortar shop — will curate the venue's retail component and continue purveying local goods.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Both Otterbox and Lifeproof purvey a plethora of accessories, too.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 7 July 2020
  • After all, squirrels can't use direct-mailing lists to keep track of the nuts that sustain them the way that, say, vein-popping conspiracy-purveying radio hosts can.
    — Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
  • China’s current crop of vaccines are far less effective than those in the West, but soon Beijing might be able to purvey Pfizer knock-offs.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 May 2021
  • Hao overcame the limitations of his background to find a partner – although his wife remains deeply skeptical of the dating tips Hao purveys to his clients.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
  • And so what this may open up is additional litigation about exactly what those businesses are that are purveying something that involves speech.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
  • Today, that legacy lives on in the city’s numerous artisanal shops that purvey handmade textiles, pottery, and other traditional goods.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The site is composed of a group of tech-savvy volunteers seeking to expose lies and targeting the extremist community of people who purvey the idea that Sandy Hook was a hoax .
    — Rubén Rosario, Twin Cities, 28 June 2019
  • These platforms work overtime to hijack our attention by purveying information that arouses curiosity, outrage, or anger.
    — Anastasia Kozyreva, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Telegram channels devoted to discussing the quality of drugs purveyed by certain dealers, and Amazon-style feedback sections within some vendors’ stores.
    — Mattha Busby, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Easier limitations on freedom speech include defamation, conspiring to commit a crime, fraud, and purveying child pornography.
    — Norm Pattis, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2024
  • Don’t be surprised if you’re lured into boutiques purveying exclusive fashions, vintage jewelry, handcrafts, décor, artisanal foods, and art.
    — Kelsy Chauvin, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 May 2025
  • The president of Ukraine has survived physically yet now must deal with a revisionist version of events purveyed by a White House that just over a month ago was his steadfast backer.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Their harmonies purvey a particularly conversational appeal on this warm, easygoing track about briefly leaving the grind of road life behind for contented morning moments with a lover.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The corporations purveying these services are thriving in a context of obscurity and regulatory neglect.
    — WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • Public discourse becomes increasingly preoccupied with the scandalous, the sensational, and the confessional as purveyed by tabloids, talk shows, and eventually the mainstream media as well.
    — Fred Bauer, National Review, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The journalists who questioned him were denounced for purveying false news, though Israel Hayom, the biggest freesheet, is so loyal that Israelis call it bibiton (iton is Hebrew for newspaper).
    — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The Traders Hitching Post purveys handcrafted Native American jewelry (call to confirm hours during the off-season).
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
  • These are the places that are forever perceived, for good reason, as purveying direct violence, whether rhetorical, political or physical, against the African-American community.
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 22 May 2017

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